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(See 67.Xr syslogd 8 . ) 68.Pp 69The message is identical to a 70.Xr printf 3 71format string, except that 72.Ql %m 73is replaced by the current error 74message. (As denoted by the global variable 75.Va errno ; 76see 77.Xr strerror 3 . ) 78A trailing newline is added if none is present. 79.Pp 80The 81.Fn vsyslog 82function 83is an alternate form in which the arguments have already been captured 84using the variable-length argument facilities of 85.Xr varargs 3 . 86.Pp 87The message is tagged with 88.Fa priority . 89Priorities are encoded as a 90.Fa facility 91and a 92.Em level . 93The facility describes the part of the system 94generating the message. 95The level is selected from the following 96.Em ordered 97(high to low) list: 98.Bl -tag -width LOG_AUTHPRIV 99.It Dv LOG_EMERG 100A panic condition. 101This is normally broadcast to all users. 102.It Dv LOG_ALERT 103A condition that should be corrected immediately, such as a corrupted 104system database. 105.It Dv LOG_CRIT 106Critical conditions, e.g., hard device errors. 107.It Dv LOG_ERR 108Errors. 109.It Dv LOG_WARNING 110Warning messages. 111.It Dv LOG_NOTICE 112Conditions that are not error conditions, 113but should possibly be handled specially. 114.It Dv LOG_INFO 115Informational messages. 116.It Dv LOG_DEBUG 117Messages that contain information 118normally of use only when debugging a program. 119.El 120.Pp 121The 122.Fn openlog 123function 124provides for more specialized processing of the messages sent 125by 126.Fn syslog 127and 128.Fn vsyslog . 129The parameter 130.Fa ident 131is a string that will be prepended to every message. 132The 133.Fa logopt 134argument 135is a bit field specifying logging options, which is formed by 136.Tn OR Ns 'ing 137one or more of the following values: 138.Bl -tag -width LOG_AUTHPRIV 139.It Dv LOG_CONS 140If 141.Fn syslog 142cannot pass the message to 143.Xr syslogd 144it will attempt to write the message to the console 145.Pq Dq Pa /dev/console. 146.It Dv LOG_NDELAY 147Open the connection to 148.Xr syslogd 149immediately. 150Normally the open is delayed until the first message is logged. 151Useful for programs that need to manage the order in which file 152descriptors are allocated. 153.It Dv LOG_PERROR 154Write the message to standard error output as well to the system log. 155.It Dv LOG_PID 156Log the process id with each message: useful for identifying 157instantiations of daemons. 158.El 159.Pp 160The 161.Fa facility 162parameter encodes a default facility to be assigned to all messages 163that do not have an explicit facility encoded: 164.Bl -tag -width LOG_AUTHPRIV 165.It Dv LOG_AUTH 166The authorization system: 167.Xr login 1 , 168.Xr su 1 , 169.Xr getty 8 , 170etc. 171.It Dv LOG_AUTHPRIV 172The same as 173.Dv LOG_AUTH , 174but logged to a file readable only by 175selected individuals. 176.It Dv LOG_CRON 177The clock daemon. 178.It Dv LOG_DAEMON 179System daemons, such as 180.Xr ftpd 8 , 181.Xr routed 8 , 182etc., that are not provided for explicitly by other facilities. 183.It Dv LOG_KERN 184Messages generated by the kernel. 185These cannot be generated by any user processes. 186.It Dv LOG_LPR 187The line printer spooling system: 188.Xr lpr 1 , 189.Xr lpc 8 , 190.Xr lpd 8 , 191etc. 192.It Dv LOG_MAIL 193The mail system. 194.It Dv LOG_NEWS 195The network news system. 196.It Dv LOG_SYSLOG 197Messages generated internally by 198.Xr syslogd 8 . 199.It Dv LOG_USER 200Messages generated by random user processes. 201This is the default facility identifier if none is specified. 202.It Dv LOG_UUCP 203The uucp system. 204.It Dv LOG_LOCAL0 205Reserved for local use. 206Similarly for 207.Dv LOG_LOCAL1 208through 209.Dv LOG_LOCAL7 . 210.El 211.Pp 212The 213.Fn closelog 214function 215can be used to close the log file. 216.Pp 217The 218.Fn setlogmask 219function 220sets the log priority mask to 221.Fa maskpri 222and returns the previous mask. 223Calls to 224.Fn syslog 225with a priority not set in 226.Fa maskpri 227are rejected. 228The mask for an individual priority 229.Fa pri 230is calculated by the macro 231.Fn LOG_MASK pri ; 232the mask for all priorities up to and including 233.Fa toppri 234is given by the macro 235.Fn LOG_UPTO toppri ; . 236The default allows all priorities to be logged. 237.Sh RETURN VALUES 238The routines 239.Fn closelog , 240.Fn openlog , 241.Fn syslog 242and 243.Fn vsyslog 244return no value. 245.Pp 246The routine 247.Fn setlogmask 248always returns the previous log mask level. 249.Sh EXAMPLES 250.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact 251syslog(LOG_ALERT, "who: internal error 23"); 252 253openlog("ftpd", LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON); 254setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_ERR)); 255syslog(LOG_INFO, "Connection from host %d", CallingHost); 256 257syslog(LOG_INFO|LOG_LOCAL2, "foobar error: %m"); 258.Ed 259.Sh SEE ALSO 260.Xr logger 1 , 261.Xr syslogd 8 262.Sh HISTORY 263These 264functions appeared in 265.Bx 4.2 . 266